Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“GASPACHO”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Deinze · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wellen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Thijsti · Full-service restaurants · Izegem · since 2025
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Vielsalm · since 1985
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Other retail sale of new goods · Gent · since 1988
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Name of SCOT · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Rixensart · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Laakdal · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Zulte · since 2000
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Asse · since 1958